Check out this press release on Blastoff….very exciting!

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-cash-back-shopping-website-tops-five-million-in-sales-78754972.html

Dear Blastoff Team Members:

 Please note that we will no longer be doing a LIVE call on Monday’s.  We will be keeping the blog updated on the blastoff team site with important information and announcements.  We will also periodically do a team call and will have it available for playback right from the site. 

 Hope all of you have a Merry Christmas and don’t forget to include a Blastoff card with your Christmas cards this year!

 Sincerely,

 The Blastoff Team

I just got my first Blastoff check today for over $100!    I am excited to see the commissions beginning to roll out!  I am seeing my network grow by hundreds a week now.  I think people are still figuring out how to use their site and save money.  I am also seeing more people signing up from the cards that I am handing out.  Very Excited!

Cyber Monday is the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season, and this year it’s looking bigger and better than ever. Last year, Cyber Monday sales reached $846 million, and experts expect that number to increase, with total money being spent online for the season, to reach over 25 Billion…that’s right, BILLION. I don’t think many people realize the difference between a million and a billion, so to put it into perspective imagine that your boss just came in and told you that you were getting a million second paid vacation. Well, you would be pretty excited, because you were just given eleven days off, with pay. Now, just think if your boss came in and gave you a billion second paid vacation…now you’re really excited, because you were just given THIRTY-ONE YEARS off, with pay. There is a huge difference between the M and the B. So, as a Blastoff member, what does that mean to you…well each one of you has the opportunity to profit from that 25 Billion!!! People you know will be making purchases online this Holiday Season, and most experts agree, that people won’t be spending less, but they will be spending smarter. You have something that people are looking for, it’s completely free, and best of all you receive a small part of every purchase they make through their Blastoff site. Not only do they get exclusive deals as well as cash back on every purchase from over 500 retailers, such as Best Buy, K-Mart, Lego, The Disney Store, Target, HP, and many others, but they can earn just for referring it out to their friends as well. It’s a no-brainer…the only question is will they sign up through you, or will someone else help them first. Remember…the only thing worse than someone you know, getting Blastoff from someone else, is them getting Blastoff from someone else, and building a huge network that you’re not profiting from!!! Now is the time!!!

Blastoff CEO Update!

Hello Blastoff Members,
Some of you have seen some changes in your rewards over the last few days – here’s why:

1. We have just reconciled returns and charge backs in preparation for sending out checks.
2. Some of our retail partners have changed their cash back percentages which changed the posted rewards in some of your accounts. We are in the process of adjusting these rewards back to their original amounts.

Here is some good news!

We have decided to accelerate over 80% of our rewards owed. We are also reducing the check minimum amount of $20 down to $2. In addition, we are waiving the postage and handling fee for this round of checks as an early Christmas gift.

Thanks,
Bill Rodgers
CEO

I am very excited to see the momentum expanding with our Blastoff business!! We want to share our success with you! We approached a radio broadcast network that owns 6 local radio stations. They saw the vision and signed on with us for Blastoff! We are saw our numbers triple in a matter of days and expect this to explode in a very short time window. A special thanks to Mr. Riches for making 321mc.net available for anyone to use. Another GREAT tool to grow our business!!!! We sent the owners and Program directors to this website and it nailed the deal for us!! Now we have someone that will reach the masses. Anyone can do this, we started with sales manager and went from there. We also found a private owner of several digital billboards that we sent to 321mc.net—same results!!

There is a great book that I recommend to anyone involved in building a blastoff network.   The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson can be ordered online from any book store or from www.tapesandtools.com .  My favorite story in the book is of the penny.  Would you rather have ONE MILLION DOLLARS cash in hand or a penny that doubles for, let’s say 30 days.  Tomorrow the penny is worth two pennies, and by the tenth day it’s worth $5.00.  Most people choose the million dollars because it’s difficult to see that the penny would, even by doubling, be able to exceed a million dollars in just thirty days.  However, on day 30 the penny is worth over FIVE million dollars!  People that understand the Slight Edge Philosophy just keep building their blastoff networks one person at a time.

Remember all large networks started with just 2-3.  Wal-Mart started with 2-3 stores and now is the largest retailer in the world.  Facebook started with 2-3 people and now has over 300 million users. Farmville a new game on Facebook had 354 users in June of this year and now has over 60 million users and the checks they get are not even real!  Verizon Wireless started with just 2-3 customers and now has over 80 million!  Here is a chart that shows the power of duplication with just a penny in just 30 days!  I hope you enjoy the Slight Edge book!

Day 1: $.01
Day 2: $.02
Day 3: $.04
Day 4: $.08
Day 5: $.16
Day 6: $.32
Day 7: $.64   
Day 8: $1.28
Day 9: $2.56
Day 10: $5.12
Day 11: $10.24
Day 12: $20.48
Day 13: $40.96
Day 14: $81.92
Day 15: $163.84
Day 16: $327.68
Day 17: $655.36
Day 18: $1,310.72
Day 19: $2,621.44
Day 20: $5,242.88
Day 21: $10,485.76
Day 22: $20,971.52
Day 23: $41,943.04
Day 24: $83,886.08
Day 25: $167,772.16
Day 26: $335,544.32
Day 27: $671,088.64
Day 28: $1,342,177.28
Day 29: $2,684,354.56
Day 30: $5,368,709.12

Remember that every person you add to your blastoff network can turn into over 10,000 people that you earn money from anytime they shop through their blastoff mall!  If you put one person in and they each got three by your tenth level you would have over 60,000 people in your network!  What if they each brought in five!  It is very exciting to see your network grow virally.  Never underestimate the value of just one person on your team!

 Having a Blast! 

 Mark Riches

Check out the new Getting Started Video!

Blastoff Network announces public launch after closing exclusive deals with Pre-Paid Legal Services, Pizza Hut and Belo Corporation

DALLAS, Texas, Nov 6 – Blastoff Communications, LLC of Dallas, Texas which operates Blastoff Network, has publicly launched their unique online shopping network portal (www.BlastoffNetwork.com), after signing partnership deals during their Beta release with Pre-Paid Legal Services (NYSE: PPD), Pizza Hut (NYSE: YUM) and the Belo Corporation (NYSE: BLC). The online shopping website incorporates customer rewards (discounts and cash payments for online purchases) with social networking that pays members back for purchases, as well as rewarding them for purchases made by members in their network.

Pre-launch phase signed up over 200,0000 members who then sent out over 3 million invitations which resulted in over $2,000,000 in sales. During this Beta trial run, BlastoffNetwork.com rose from obscurity into the top 700 most visited sites in the United States according to Alexa.com.

Blastoff Network Founder and CEO William Rodgers, expressed both excitement and stress over such a popular launch, “We’ve had many long nights that are beginning to pay off. Our platform leverages the synergies between the rewards-based online shopping program of the Blastoff Network and the viral effect of social media.”

Members who join Blastoff Network’s free online shopping program will be eligible for discounts from more than 400 major retailers and can accrue cash payments through purchases made by other Members they recruit into their Blastoff Network. In addition, this unique shopping website offers Members a fully customizable homepage featuring access to web mail, social networking, news, videos, music and games. This is supported by a personalized online marketing platform and comprehensive contact and tracking system to manage affiliates in the Member’s network.

More information:
http://www.BlastoffNetwork.com

About Blastoff Network

Blastoff Network is a Texas-based company, founded in 2007 to provide Members with saving money shopping online and make money leveraging their professional and social networks. Members receive a customizable homepage and enjoy cash-back shopping from over 400 leading retailers, like Travelocity, Gap and many others. Members also earn rewards as they invite friends and their network grows. Featured products, such as Blastoff Wireless, as well as home and legal services, contribute to the excitement and positive atmosphere offered by the company, its employees, and the personalized service they offer. For more information, visit http://www.BlastoffNetwork.com.

Take your number off the do not call list!   I love getting calls from sales people.  I always give them my blastoff site and ask them to check it out.  I rarely buy anything from them but many of them have joined my blastoff network.  My blastoff network just went over 8,000!  YEA!

There was a question regarding for-profit companies being blastoff members.  We new they could because obviously Pizza Hut is not a non-profit….  Here is the official response from Blastoff that I received today. 

A “for profit” company would join up the same way a non-profit organization would. The company would need a tax ID # that is appropriate for that company and an email address.  For date of birth, enter a date that is over 18 years old and for name, split the company name into two parts. The rewards check is made out to this name, so make sure the check can be cashed or deposited with this name. Hope this information helps with your question. If we can be of further assistance, please let us know.

I hope you have a chance to check out the  new blastoff team website!  This site gives you access to the weekly call, documents and training to help you grow your blastoff network.  Use the Facebook link to become a fan of the Blastoff Team!  Remember on Monday we will be drawing someone’s name for  5000 personalized cards to whoever get’s five people on the front line of their network.  Once you have five people just use the contact us link on the new site and let us know.  Please let us know if there is anything that you would like to see on the site.  Remember,  Blastoff is all about YOU!   

Be sure and plug into the blastoff team call tonight at 8:00 PM CST!  We have some very exciting information to share with you. 

We see the welcome letters are really helping to get your new members started.  Be sure and send them out to everyone on your front line.  We updated the Blastoff Getting Started Docs and the welcome letter is now a part of that document.   We are really starting to see the network grow!  Keep up the awesome job!  If you need any banner ads designed or any help just email support@blastoffteam.com

Here is a link to the Video Blog by Bill Rodgers

Blastoff CEO Bill Rodgers Video Update

Send this letter to everyone that you personally sponsor.

Welcome to the blastoff team!  I am excited that you have decided to join blastoff and I look forward to helping you get started.  Here are a few things that will help you launch your network and get things started.

 1. You can upload all of your contacts from your email account. Just use the “Email Invites” tab at the top of your site.  You can also send an email to everyone that you know.  I found that calling my contacts, after sending them the link, worked even better.

2. You can visit the team support website at www.blastoffteam.com This site is packed full of information on how to build a large blastoff network.  The blog is updated several times a day and has some great tips.  There is also a document that you can download called Getting Started Docs.  I found this document to be very helpful. 

3. There is a blastoff team call every Monday at 8:00 PM CST  This call is packed full of success stories and information to help you grow your network.  To access the call dial 605-475-6900  pin number 111815# a playback of the call is available at 605-475-6950  pin number 111815# Recording Number 2000#

4. You can order blastoff cards and tools at www.blastoffstore.com I like handing out the cards to everyone, especially right now when people are really looking to save and make extra money!

 Please give me a call if there is anything else that I can help you with. 

 Sincerely,

When you are emailing a group of people always put the contacts in the bcc field This way others don’t see the entire list of who you sent the email to. Also, emailing small groups at a time is better for getting past spam limits.

I was checking in my hotel last night and gave a blastoff card to the lady at the front desk. Talked to her briefly about blastoff and incouaged her to enroll. I went to my room and put my things away and then checked my blastoff Network and she had already signed up! Success is earned in the fear zone not the comfort zone. I’m at the airport now and almost out of cards I started today with 1000. Having a blast in Phoenix!
Mark Riches

I just picked up 20 card holders for .99 at Office Max. These are great at convenient stores, nail salons, car washes, resturants, dry cleaners, college book stores, Internet cafes, etc. Just put 400 cards out at a community college parking lot in 30 minutes. If you talk to a person be sure and tell them to watch the videos on the site. Having a Blast!
Mark Riches

Anyone in the world 18 years old or older can become a Blastoff member, provided they have a computer with internet access, a valid email address, and a web browser that meets the minimum specifications.  While everyone can enjoy making purchases through their Blastoff shopping portal, only US citizens are currently eligible for Blastoff cash-back rewards on their purchases.  We still invite those outside the US to enjoy all of the other free benefits of Blastoff membership. We are already in the process of being able to provide cash-back rewards to Canadian citizens, and that functionality will be implemented soon. Other countries are in our sights too.
Regards,

Customer Service
Blastoff Network

Spent the day in Phoenix today. Wow what a great day. Handed out almost 500 cards. One really effective thing was stopping by convenient stores and asking to leave cards on the counter. You can pick up the plastic card holders at wal-mart. By the time I made it back to my hotel four people had already joined. Having a blast!

Pizza Hut(R) Shares Social Shopping Website Secret

Make Dough When You Shop at New Site

DALLAS, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ — “Pizza dough” is taking on a whole new meaning. Pizza Hut, America’s Favorite Pizza, is announcing to its customers the launch of BlastOffNetwork.com, a Website that provides online shoppers value and financial rewards during an economic time when they need it most. By signing up through PizzaHutBlastoff.com, Pizza Hut customers can take advantage of Blastoff Network’s unique online shopping mall.

Here are three ways to get more blastoff members:

1. Warm Market The people that you know.  Email them a link to your site, call them, Facebook posts, High touch is best.  Reach out and touch someone!

2. Handout Blastoff cards  You can hand out 500 cards a day!  Put them everywhere.  Colleges, book stores, fitness centers, convenient stores, fast food, car washes,  internet cafes, counter tops,  Everywhere!  You can order cards at www.blastoffstore.com

3. Groups.  Blastoff is a great fundraiser, blog posts, college campuses, organizations, pizza places, coffee shops, donut shops, It’s best to get the owner involved and let them promote it to their members.   Give the owner 1000 cards with their domain name on the cards.

Remember – the FORTUNE is in the FOLLOW-UP! 

I think a modern day gold rush best describes the excitement about blastoff!  The site are working much faster today.  I just uploaded all of my contacts and then went through and selected the top 250.  You will want to monitor this and as people join you can replace those in your invite list.  I was very impressed with how efficient that system worked!  This will be great for new people to launch their business.   Here are a few things that people are doing to get great results: 

1. Get your contacts loaded in the blastoff invite program

2. Send out emails to everyone that you know.  We posted a sample email yesterday.  (Be sure and put the contacts in the bcc field)

3. Post your website on Facebook and any other social network sites.

4. Post your blastoff info on message boards, blogs and anywhere you can.

5. Every day I get emails from companies and individuals  I am responding to all of these with a brief statement and a link to my site.

6. Cards, Cards, Cards – Hand them out to everyone.  Ball games, clubs, college campuses, internet cafes, pizza places.  Sign up the owners and give them 1000 cards. 

7. Duplicate!  Be sure that everyone in your team knows what to do. 

 Mass exposure = Massive Results! 

 I love marketing something that is FREE, Fun and a way for everyone to make money.

Hello Blastoff Members,

 Have any of you ever seen a movie where someone hits an oil well that comes in so big that the rig blows and oil spews in the air?  Well that’s what happened today – we hit the mother load.

 At 12:00 noon today we had so much traffic that a load balancer (a piece of equipment that connects our website to multiple data centers) crashed.  I am happy to say that this equipment has now been replaced and is working fine.  When this happened, our database server was taxed pretty hard which has created some performance issues on the site.

 At this point the majority of the database issues are under control and Blastoff sites are going live all over America – we expect to be back on all cylinders very soon.

 We have heard from a lot of you worrying that some people’s invites might be going out while other’s are not.  Because of this, the invites are being held until everyone’s site is back online.  You can go ahead and upload your contacts but they will not be sent until everyone’s site is up and running properly.  We are anticipating this happening by sometime later this evening.

 Thanks,

 Bill Rodgers

CEO

Blastoff Network

http://www.mmdnewswire.com/blastoffnetwork-5987.html

Wall Street Journal and Success Magazine have recently interviewed them as well. It usually takes a shopping website several years to break into Alexa’s Top 2000 most visited websites, if they can do it at all. “The pre-launch enthusiasm has been something unpredictable. We went from no online presence to Top 200 in one month, and we continue to gain more visitors through word-of-mouth.” Blastoff Network also credits the viral nature of social media marketing to their rapid success.

Submitted by Jerry Brodhead